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Hantavirus Next Pandemic? Oral Surgery 100+ Hour Weeks, No MD For Some OMFS? Gray Tooth After Braces
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- Dr. Gallagher's Podcast
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- May 12, 2026
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Summary
Top 5 Topics: - Next Pandemic Panic: Hantavirus from Rat Poop? - Why Your Dentist Bill Is So Insanely High (Insurance Lies Exposed) - 100-Hour Work Weeks: The Brutal Reality of Becoming a Surgeon - Tooth Suddenly Turns Gray After Braces — Is This Normal? - Why Some Oral Surgeons Don’t Do the MD Degree Top 10 Viewers on this Episode on TikTok LIVE #96 Q&A: 1st - Ibrahim, @ll2u5 2nd – @reesemacmillian 3rd – @ericanthony09 4th – Bri | Pre-Dental, @alfabri8d 5th – @cbenjiiiii 6th - Lauren @lilllaurenn 7th - @ari_101240 8th - Tony, @thereviewnerd 9th - ZacharyTodd, @zachary_todd 10th - mg, @millergrams Quotes & Wisdom: “Everyone’s got a smile worth taking care of, right? You gotta work on what you have right now, not what you don’t have.” “I was doing like probably 10 to 15 hour study days… I would go to the gym in the morning and I would sit on a spin bike and I would just do flashcards for like an hour in the morning.” “Start with just getting something out there [for your personal statement]. Look up examples… word vomit stuff out on the page… then you edit it, you modify it… It’s going to take weeks to months.” “Do it, man. [OMFS residency] It’s hard. You got to stay in there. Get used to taking a lot of sacrifices, but with dedication, you can do it.” “For what I do day in and day out of oral surgery, I don’t need an MD to do it… that would be an extra 2 years… not necessary.” “Grades do matter. It’s also different for different dental schools because some dental schools just have pass/fail.” “I had multiple weeks that I had worked over 100 hours. All 4 years I had those kinds of work weeks.” “Keep it going… I remember for the DAT, there was a while where I would go to the gym… and then basically come home and do practice tests and studying.” Questions: [01:21]…